1991-05-21 - Summer Course Day 2

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Screenshot from this video of 1990 Summer Course.

Divine Discourse 1 (contd) and main points of 1st day

  1. What is the reason for emphasis laid by Shivaji and Janaka to approach Samarth Ramdas and Yagnavalkya respectively, even though they were materially well off?
    True peace can be got only by knowledge of self.
  2. What is the meaning of "The proper study of mankind is man"?
    Unit of Thought, Word and Deed.
  3. What is needed for balance in life?
    Skilling of knowledge.
  4. Science without spirituality is blind, spirituality without science is lame.
  5. Man is called so because of his mind.
  6. Two types of discriminatory knowledge - individual and fundamental.
  7. Who are slaves and masters?
    Subdued by senses = slave, controls senses = master.
  8. Sathya Sai Mahavakya of leadership is
    to be, to do, to see, to tell.
  9. Happiness = Number of desires fulfilled divided by number of desires entertained.
  10. Desire is the source of Arishad vargas.
  11. What are the sources of Hindu law?
    Shruti, Smriti, Sadachara.
  12. Three stages of legal development -
    Vedic, Dharmashastric, Post-upanishadic periods.
  13. Greatest expounder of natural law - Plato.
 
 

 

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